PRESIDENT BARROW PARDONS 115 PRISONERS

<p>As part of measures to curb COVID-19 and decongest prisons, His Excellency President Adama Barrow, in exercise of his Prerogative of Mercy, has immediately pardoned some 115 prisoners.<p/>

<p>Seventy eight (78) of those inmates are from the Mile 2 Central Prison in Banjul, twenty four (24) from Jeshwang prison within the Kanifing Municipality, and thirteen (13) from Janjangbureh Prison in the Central River Region (CRR).<p/>

<p>Ever since his coming to power in January 2017, President Barrow has consistently granted amnesty to prisoners. Soon after assuming office, Barrow, in a magnanimous gesture emptied Mile 2 Prisons of all political detainees and prisoners some of whom were languishing behind the prison walls for decades without court appearance.<p/>

<p>In the same spirit of caring for Gambians at home and abroad, as well as non-Gambians resident in the country, President Barrow will unveil more COVID-19 relief programmes for citizens of The Gambia this weekend onwards.<p/>

<h>By:

Prince Bubacarr Aminata Sankanu,

Senior Information Officer,

The Gambia Government.<h/>